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Genesis is the twelfth studio album by English rock band Genesis, released on 3 October 1983 by Charisma and Virgin Records in the UK and by Atlantic Records in the US and Canada. Following the band's tour in support of their 1982 live album Three Sides Live , Genesis took an eight-month break before they regrouped in the spring of 1983 to ...
The song was written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford, with lyrics by Tony Banks. At ten minutes and sixteen seconds, it is the longest song on the album. The melody of the chorus' first line is reminiscent of that of their earlier track "Ripples" from A Trick of the Tail, and the song has a similar theme of relinquishing the past.
In 2019, Andy Greene of Rolling Stone remarked, "You don't hear the 1986 Genesis song 'Tonight Tonight Tonight' very often these days, but back then it was absolutely inescapable. This was a weird period of time where seemingly half the songs on the radio were either by Genesis or one of the many offshoot acts like Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel ...
The music and lyrics also make references to Genesis's early works and early influences. The album received mixed reviews at first, and was the first Genesis album that failed to outsell its predecessors, but gained acclaim in subsequent years and has a cult following.
The drum machine used in the song, a Roland CR-78, is shown at the beginning of the video. In a 2023 interview, Banks said, "The song that both Phil and I always rate as perhaps our favorite Genesis song is 'Duchess' from Duke. I like it because it has a simple lyric — the rise and fall of a female rock star.
"That's All" is a song by the English rock band Genesis. It is a group composition and appears as the second track on their self-titled album (1983). It was the album's second single after "Mama". On June 17, 1993, MCA Records re-issued and re-released the song as a CD and "HiQ" cassette single.
"Taking It All Too Hard" is the sixth track from the self-titled album by Genesis, released in 1983. It included the eighth track from the album, "Silver Rainbow," as the B-side . Background
It was produced by Genesis and distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group. [2] The song, mainly written by Mike Rutherford with Tony Banks and Phil Collins with lyrics by Rutherford, was featured on Genesis' album of the same name and was a top 10 hit on the British pop chart, where it peaked at No. 9. [3]